Down With Love

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Down With Love

PG-13,

2003,

1h 34m,

Romance/

Comedy

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60%

176 Reviews

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62%

50,000+ Ratings

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It's 1962, and feminist Barbara Novak (Renée Zellweger) pens a best-selling book that details the drawbacks of love. She encourages women to forgo serious relationships with men in favor of independence, workplace achievements and satisfying sex. Despite her success, many men are taken aback by her progressive views, including slick writer Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor), who decides to expose Barbara as a fraud by making her fall in love with him. However, his plan has unexpected consequences.

Critics Consensus

Looks great, but Zellweger and McGregor have no chemistry together, and the self-satisfied, knowing tone grates.

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Simran Hans

New Statesman

May 20, 2020

It left me so giddy I watched it twice.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 22, 2010

4/5

Hilarious spoof on '60s comedies for mature 14+.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Jun 19, 2003

2.5/4

If only the script was better this would be one of the great pleasures of the summer. Unfortunately, as it is onscreen, it's only a great missed opportunity. What a shame.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Mar 31, 2026

5/5

Down with Love is more than just an homage—it’s a film that fully understands the genre it’s celebrating and finds a way to make it feel fresh for a modern audience.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 6, 2020

2.5/4.0

The performances lacked focus.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 7, 2019

Absolutely to-die-for vintage-style and couture frocks. Hey, what can I say? You've can't help but be up for Down With Love!

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Draco R

Feb 6, 2018

Charming and naive old style movie.

Finn R

Feb 1, 2018

What a fun movie! I loved it right off. It looks so authentic that when my mother saw it she at first thought it was a movie from the 60's. I absolutely love the outfits. And the verbal banter is fast and sassy just like the old movies. Its a fun blast from the past!

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Kylo R

Nov 30, 2017

Fun. Amusing. Full of sexual jokes that aren't over the top or disgusting.

Rey W

Aug 16, 2017

Really like this flick, since I grew up on this type of 1960s rom-com, since my mom just loved them. Everything about this movie was so very true to form--the story, the music, the costumes and hairstyles, even the opening credits. The script was wonderfully well done, too, as were the split screens that were hilarious for their "dual action" in a way that no 60s film could have gotten away with back then. Whether it was meant to be or not, the casting of Sarah Paulson and David Hyde-Pierce as "lovers" was amusing as well, but only in hindsight and both seemed to enjoy playing the parts, too. Really funny and enjoyable!

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Hagrid R

May 24, 2017

I thought it was lots of fun, purposely dorky and totally making fun of the romance movies of the 60's. Music and clothes are fabulous, good girls night movie.

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George S

Mar 27, 2017

You know how the movie is going to end almost immediately. They could've cut an hour off the runtime because this movie will make you groan and make you hope for the end but it keeps going and going.

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Synopsis

It's 1962, and feminist Barbara Novak (Renée Zellweger) pens a best-selling book that details the drawbacks of love. She encourages women to forgo serious relationships with men in favor of independence, workplace achievements and satisfying sex. Despite her success, many men are taken aback by her progressive views, including slick writer Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor), who decides to expose Barbara as a fraud by making her fall in love with him. However, his plan has unexpected consequences.

Director: Peyton Reed
Producer: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Screenwriter: Eve Ahlert, Dennis Drake
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Humor|Sexual Dialogue)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.3M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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